Is your child teething, or healing after a tongue tie and/or lip tie revision procedure?
My son, Cameron, was recently featured on WPTV NewsChannel 5 for overcoming a tongue and lip tie with laser surgery. You can watch his story by clicking here.
Now, I’m sharing the products I’ve been using that I believe have helped him with pain management as he healed from his surgery – and as he continues to teethe.
First, I’ll start with the generic baby oral care products I use. This is the first finger toothbrush and toothpaste that we started with.
Here is the toothbrush and toothpaste we currently use. I brush his teeth at night (I skip the mornings – my bad, I know!) and I sing “Brush, brush, brush the teeth, all around the mouth. Brush, brush, brush the teeth, all around the mouth,” to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” He likes it!
I will now list the steps I took to help him with pain after his laser procedures, and then I will list the product that goes with each specific step. I will also mention which products are recommended for the overall teething process for babies and toddlers. .
After my son had his tongue tie and lip tie corrected, we had to do oral stretches. Here is a link to aftercare with demonstrations on how to do the stretches.
First, I would give my son a dose of Rescue Remedy drops. It is a natural stress reliever and could help him calm down. I would then wait 10-15 minutes, so the drops would activate in his system to calm him. This is an excellent product to give to a child for any time he or she needs calming.
Then I would squeeze some Camillia drops on his open wounds, and let that soak in for 2-5 minutes. This is a recommended product to use on babies and children for teething.
Next, I would crush up one Arnica tablet into a bit of coconut oil, and create a thin paste. I would rub that onto my son’s open oral wounds. Arnica is excellent for teething pain management, too. Teething tablets are made of Arnica, and you can put one or two in your child’s mouth and it dissolves into the mouth. It is homeopathic.
Lastly, I would also recommend considering some more serious pain management products. For me myself, I did go this route. I would also like to note that our pediatric dentist did NOT recommend the gel products – she did not recommend them because they are not natural. She DID recommend liquid pain relief right after his surgery (like Tylenol), but she was not a proponent of these other products. Please give these to your baby after consulting with your pediatrician.
My pediatrician does not prefer the use of gels, but I have to be honest with you – the gel products are the only thing that help my son with his teething pain. I did not use the gels during his recovery after oral surgery. I never put gels on his oral wounds. However, I do use the gels occasionally (perhaps once a week or every other week) when he wakes up in the middle of the night and won’t stop crying from teething pain and Camillia drops are not enough.